The Haunting

The Haunting is the experimental passion project of Casey Marley Breidenbach. An all encompassing display of hopeless romanticism and despair; a horror that transcends medium.

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  • peachy

    Paint a picture — breeding with your vices
    Plain and simple, existential crisis
    So pick it up, girl you tell me pick it up
    But are you eager to find?
    Contingent upon birds and the bees
    Gimme honey I can sing you a song
    To prolong the belief of dogmatic absurdities

    I said, "Hey lil mama why you messing around?
    Can I come and sweep you off of your feet?"
    You should already know what you're looking for girl
    Is it something for a sugar to sweet?
    You say loving is a thing of the crass
    All the birds keep on singing if you're willing to pass the belief
    But I'm a Nietzschean
    She said "I'm just peachy"

    Well it's cold but the peaches have been warming you up
    Søren junkies, foreign monkeys got you smoking too much girl
    Cigarillo Cinderella with the smoke in your eyes
    A pale blue shade of innocence, my watercolor child

    I said welcome to the neighborhood
    I hope you don't stay for good
    I know you go'n change your mind
    But darling don't waste my time
    I said welcome to the neighborhood
    I hope you don't stay for good
    I know you go'n change your mind
    But darling it's a matter of time
    I said welcome to the neighborhood
    I hope you don't stay for good
    I know you go'n change your mind
    But darling don't waste my time

    I said welcome to the neighborhood
    I said, "Erica, you're more than just a friend"
    She said, "save yourself, just pretend"

  • killjoy

    Oh, your smell
    It lingers on my sheets
    I haven't slept in weeks
    Your space inside my bed has been left vacant
    But please... silence on the set
    Oh? Did you forget?
    That I detest you
    Lest we need to fake it anymore
    (The end of the world is coming... does that scare you?)

    Oh!
    You're not there
    You're not there
    You're not there
    You're not there
    You're not there

    Oh, killjoy
    See I confess...
    I don't possess the means to feel joy
    Tend to spend time on my own
    You see, I was all alone only seventeen
    Young and monotone with no self-esteem
    But you don't care
    No you don't care
    You don't care anymore
    (You know you don't care for me)

    God save the queen
    Norma Jean, you're so routine

  • dead2me

    Well, don't tell me what you want
    And don't tell me what you need
    Because I can't give you more
    Than what you gave to me
    And when all is said and done
    And all roads led to me
    Then I'm glad you've had your fun
    But you're still dead2me

    Sun, skin, rapture
    Nothing better
    Float, sink, drown, fear
    Keep from ‘round here

    Kill your lover, evermore
    I get hurt, can’t ignore
    Mother’s image, summer’s son
    You obey — understood

    It was easier when you couldn't pretend
    It was easier when you'd call me a friend
    It was easier when you'd call me over
    I remember we were sitting downstairs on the loveseat joking
    Couldn't be a worse place for sex, dear
    But there's always next year
    Tell myself there's always next year

  • void

    You tell me you're the sun
    And I'll go blind
    O, my vacant head
    She said, "you're so out your mind!"

    Because I alone, you avoid
    I alone avoid a void
    I alone, you avoid
    I alone - a void

    I'll set the scene:
    Troubled teens and movie screens
    But for pretty girls:
    Shitty songs and mockingbirds
    I think I'm over you!
    It's so fucked up and overdue
    You'll pray
    That she'll stay
    But she'll say

    I can help you disappear
    Do you run from what you fear?
    I can help you disappear!
    Can you help me?

  • hummingbird

    It was nice to know you
    Hummingbird
    She wraps her lungs around a song
    Despite the words
    I'd like to know you
    Like you do
    I fell in love with a stranger
    And I blame you
    It was nice to know you hummingbird
    I think I made a mistake here
    And I blame you

    It was nice to know you hummingbird
    I think I made a mistake here
    And I blame you

    Gave you the sun
    But you made off with the sky
    Where once was fun in June
    Alone in July
    But I won't pretend I didn't bid you adieu
    I gave my life for a stranger
    And I blame you

    It was nice to know you hummingbird
    I think I made a mistake here

    I wish you'd walk in
    I miss your pillow talk and
    I know it's a bit unlike me
    To act so brand new
    I'd sell my soul, do as you told me to
    Because I'm still in love with a stranger
    And I blame you

  • haunting

    Hello
    Do you hear me?
    I need to know
    If you're near me
    Oh, why do you fear me?

    Breathe, cry, pain
    (The Haunting)
    Free my brain
    (The Haunting)
    Sleep? try praying
    (The Haunting)
    Until you die,
    You'll rely on The Haunting

    Dead awake
    Get away from me
    Dead weight
    Get away from me
    Dead awake
    Get away from me
    Dead weight
    Get away from me

  • ghost/2

    Will you haunt me?
    As you do
    Do you want me?
    As I want you

    Tell me do I scare you?
    Am I too naïve?
    If I don't come near you
    Can we make believe?
    Tell me do I scare you?
    Am I too naïve?
    If I don't come near you
    Can we make believe?

    Do you believe?
    Do you believe?
    I can try to
    I'm right beside you here
    I can try to
    I'm right beside you, dear

    Do you believe in ghosts?

  • skins

    I am an anarchist
    When I'm gone I won't be missed
    But I don't want to die like this
    (I want to heal)
    And I don't want to lie like this
    (I want to feel)
    But I don't need that anymore

    I want to...
    Hurt
    Feel
    Taste
    Real
    Blood
    Spill
    Love
    Kill

    I need no introduction
    Welcome to the greatest show
    I can teach you how to ruin your relationships
    With everyone important that you know

    Hey, did I ruin your night?
    Hey, did I ruin you?
    Hey, did I ruin your night?
    Hey, did I ruin you?

    I am an anarchist
    I am your fool

  • gossamer

    You thought you'd treat me better
    How fun, I honestly thought the same
    But I cut my tongue on broken promises I've made
    And I'll bleed until you need me to settle the score
    She said she's heard it before

    It's a small town
    Keep your voice down
    And understand I don't care that you want me to stay
    That's not yours to decide
    Am I braindead?
    Ain't that suicide?
    If I can't get help...
    Oh well
    This life is a bore
    So tell me if you've heard it before

    You blossom here, I've got somewhere to be
    You blossom here, I've got somewhere to be
    You blossom here, I've got somewhere to be
    You blossomed here, I gossamer

  • centerfold

    You set out
    To destroy the sun
    But settled
    Because baby's number one
    You're shadowed
    Blanketed with sun
    But you know
    You're not the only one

    Hey!
    Give it to me
    Leave it alone
    Wait!
    You just wanna...
    I should've known
    Because I can feel your energy
    Trying not to breathe
    Babe, live a little
    Do as your told!

    You're the centerfold

    My head's flooded with pain
    Your stiletto
    Nightmarish scenes of you dead
    Oh, I know what you've said
    How you feel
    How you hurt
    Because it's inside me
    I've got your head
    Want your body

    Do you feel any pain?
    Do it again
    Do you feel any pain?
    Do it again
    Do you feel any pain?
    Do it again
    Do it again
    Do you feel any pain?
    Do it again
    Do it

  • akimbo!

    I suck smokes, I’m a let down
    Rich folks in a shit town
    We’re the ghosts in your headspace
    I don’t suppose that I’m a threat now?
    You always said that
    You’re not afraid of it
    Unless that’s not what you said?
    My biggest fear’s right between your ears
    It’s a complex, when hungry it’s fed
    But I think I’d rather be dead

    I can’t stray from harms way,
    Arms akimbo
    Likened me to psalms
    Stay strong — Akimbo

    What’s with the guns that you hide?
    You keep your arms at your side!
    I’m just a product of your fear, I suppose
    I’ll dispose of every one you provide
    You’re there at heart,
    Setting fire to the sheriff’s car
    It’s getting harder to breathe
    We let it burn, let it fill our cup
    (Open up!)
    I think it’s time that we leave
    (Run for your life, kid!)

  • nothing.

    Fuck your feeling
    They’re the reason that you’re ready to go
    So defeated, so you hid it
    Flaunt it, don it in gold
    I’m another undiscovered
    Ready set it in stone
    Love of money
    Hunny, power will devour you whole

    Maybe I’ve been too hard to reach
    But you keep on trying,
    You’re lying through your teeth
    What you preach, you’ve gotta practice
    And breathe through your nose
    There it goes!
    You think you’ll make it?
    The second you’re out there?

    Well you’re nothing
    When you’re out there,
    Yeah you’re nothing

    You always told me not to
    Change my ways for someone else
    But you’re the reason that
    I like the way I hate myself
    I never thought that I would care
    What other people thought of me

    If no one has ever told you this before,
    Then let me be the first:
    Try as you might,
    But you cannot escape the human curse
    Not afraid to die?
    I know you’re bluffing.
    You’ll always be the sun to me,
    But in the end — you’re nothing.

  • venutian*

    On and on again,
    I bet you’re out there
    I bet you’re out there
    There she goes again
    Take me with you
    Take me with you

  • (verso)

    Do you know?
    That you’re so…
    You’re so verso.

  • vampires

    My peace of mind isn't mine, it's been stolen
    But keep your hand off my switch blade
    I'm feeling fine, killing time while the world ends
    So we can dance to my mixtape

    What to do when all your friends are vampires?
    And everyone that you know is infected
    What to do when everyone's a vampire?
    We can spin in my room until the world ends

  • piety

    She's so chic
    Inherently conscious, less of which we seek
    She don't speak of such
    Hush…
    I'm trying to focus
    Your magnum opus leaves me hopeless
    And I've lost all touch
    But I found God
    She was working on Her pious checklist
    She's had cigarettes and sex for breakfast
    Existential dread, it's all the same
    But what's Her name?
    She was way too cool for that
    I need your guidance, sociaristocrat
    And I prayed that we could chat

    I don't feel Her…
    I'll believe if you tell me to
    I don't fear Her…
    I'll believe if you tell me to
    Tell me to…
    Tell me to…
    Tell me to…

    But where do we go from here?
    I don't want to be left out, baby
    I'll trade common sense just for confidence in you
    But I'm not convinced it's true
    You obscure emotion
    I need your devotion
    My esoteric, evangelic, heavenly divine young girl
    I'll hold your hands, you can snap my neck
    (Just make it quick)

    I don't feel Her…
    I'll believe if you tell me to
    I don't fear Her…
    I'll believe if you tell me to
    Tell me to…
    Tell me to…
    Tell me to…
    Girl, I've been going through hell

    I found God
    I killed God
    I am God

  • pretty, heavy

    Better you than me
    Twist up and I can help myself if I want to
    Never gonna leave this room
    But I can kill myself if I want to
    Do you want to?

    “Let's drive and we can try our luck,”
    Is what you said
    ”Might die, but I don't give a fuck…”
    Is what you meant
    I swear to God you make shit up in your head
    Let's fight and you can write me off if you want
    Last night did you believe in Her when you lost it?
    I plan to burn that bridge when I cross it

    Because if we're making out and getting high
    We'll never make it out alive
    But Honestly, I never have the time
    If we're waking up inside our bed
    I pray to God you stay
    Instead you promise me again you'll never drive

    Up late I hit you on your phone
    Upset I left you on your own
    You're so pretty but it's heavy when you're gone, babe
    I pray that you come back home
    Knew one day I'd be on my own
    You're so pretty but it's heavy when you're gone, babe

  • sleep

    So you went just to show your respects
    And you wept like a fool - you’re a mess
    Because I take what I want when I please
    And you’ll beg for your life on your knees

    But who do you know?
    Who do you know?

    In this life I have found there is love
    It’s a shame they’ll never know what you’re capable of
    You'll never know how, when, or why it will come to an end
    I feel no remorse, but I’ll promise to cry for a friend
    Or at least I’ll pretend
    I’ll do the best that i can

    Who do you know?
    Who do you know?

    I find my peace
    You fall asleep
    Forget my name
    I feel no pain
    I feel no pain
    I feel no pain
    I feel no pain
    I feel no pain
    Sunflowers rot
    Is this goodbye?

    Cut it!
    Save yourself!

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from their debut album, GHOSTAPE2!

 
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